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Divas and Divos Gather
For Opera Housewarming

By

David Littlejohn

Updated Sept. 16, 1997 12:01 a.m. ET

San Francisco

The most expensive party of the year here (seats $110 to $5,000, standing room $20) was just staged to celebrate the reopening of the War Memorial Opera House after 18 months of restoration triggered by the 1989 earthquake. For $88.5 million, the San Francisco Opera company got seismic reinforcement, impressive new backstage amenities and a gorgeous job of cleaning, repainting, regilding and reupholstering, which make the interior of the 65-year-old house glow and gleam in its ivory and gold. The awesome...